The Best of Lucian Freud – Hotheaded Narcissus and Brilliant Painter
Lucian Freud was born on this day in 1922. It’s a perfect occasion to take look at some of his greatest paintings. He was conventional in a...
Piotr Policht 8 December 2016
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Mysterious Wise Woman in Paulina Ołowska’s Paintings
Paulina Ołowska is a Polish artist, primarily a painter, but also working with mediums such as theater. She has a bee in her bonnet about...
Piotr Policht 7 December 2016
Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night (Painting Of The Week)
The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is one of those iconic painting everyone recognizes. But not everyone knows it’s story! Today we will try...
Zuzanna Stańska 3 December 2016
Juice Bar, Gym and Human Extinction: Welcome to the DIS World
New York-based DIS collective works with popular culture, music, and fashion as much as with art. But what they do isn’t always easy to...
Piotr Policht 1 December 2016
5 Gems of the National Gallery in Edinburgh
Happy St Andrew’s Day! St Andrew, one of Jesus’ disciples, is Scotland’s patron because the Scots believed to have descended from...
Magda Michalska 29 November 2016
The Romantic World Of M(a)cdonald’s Art (No Burgers Included)
(Sorry for this inappropriate pun in the title, I simply couldn’t stop myself.) I’m not going to serve you any reheated burgers, on the...
Magda Michalska 28 November 2016
15 Paintings From Shchukin Collection You Must Know
Probably the name of Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin won’t tell you much now. Shchukin was a Russian businessman, a textile merchant who lived at the...
Zuzanna Stańska 27 November 2016
Tangled Up in Blue: The Art of Edward Krasiński
In Tate Liverpool, up to March 2017, you can see an exhibition of Edward Krasiński’s work. Krasiński was one of the most interesting and...
Piotr Policht 23 November 2016
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Claude Monet
On this day in 1840 Claude Monet, one of the main founders French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the...
Zuzanna Stańska 14 November 2016
Paintings For The US Election Day 2016
Remember, remember, the 8th of November… Uh, it’s today, that important date which is going to decide about the situation in the United...
Magda Michalska 8 November 2016
8 Best Selfies From Art History
Whoever criticizes the fashion of selfies, must have forgotten that selfies have existed for a really loooooooong time in painting. Here comes a...
Magda Michalska 5 November 2016
TOP 10 Paintings For Halloween
Are still looking for some costume-inspiration? What about painterly theme this year? Or maybe you just like to get scared? We offer you our...
Magda Michalska 31 October 2016
